Understand AWS Elastic Load Balancing Listeners

This guide provides instructions for understanding AWS Elastic Load Balancing Listeners.

Hafeez Baig
19 steps
2 minutes

Amazon Web Services

Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg> Refer to this guide to learn how to create a Classic Load Balancer<https://scribehow.com/shared/AWS_Elastic_Load_Balancing__Getting_started_with_Classic_Load_Balance__edZk6AUORPir-vDtdkVHtg> Refer to this guide to learn how to create an Application Load Balancer<https://scribehow.com/shared/AWS_Elastic_Load_Balancing__Getting_started_with_ALB__EwQ9heoPR7SOessSgfviWA>

Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User** **Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\ For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice

Type **EC2** in the search bar and click on **EC2** to view the EC2 Dashboard

On the EC2 dashboard click on **Load Balancers** from the left bar to view the Load Balancers

Select and checkbox the "**my-application-load-balancer**" Load balancer to view its details

Scroll to the overview section to view all the details of the selected Load balancer

Click on the **Listeners and rules** tab to view the Listeners and rules set for the load balancer

In the **Listeners and rules** section, click the **Add listener** button on the right side to add a new listener

Scroll to the **Listener configuration** section, select the Protocol as **HTTP** and Port as **8080**

Scroll to the **Routing actions** section - Select "**Return fixed response**" as Routing actions - Give the Response code as **200** - Choose "**text/plain**" as the Content type

Give the **Response body** as [[<html><body>Hello</body></html>]]

Click on **Add** button

Listener successfully created. Now, click on "**Load balancers**"

Click on the **Security** tab to view the Security groups associated with the selected load balancer

Click on the **Security Group ID** link to view it

On the right side of the Security group section, click on **Edit inbound rules** button

Click on **Add rule** button to add a new rule

For the new rule give the Port range as "**8080**" and select "**Anywhere-IPv4**" as the Source

Click on **Save rules** button

Inbound security group rules successfully modified

You've successfully configured an AWS Elastic Load Balancer listener, enhancing your application's scalability and security. This guide empowers you to efficiently manage incoming traffic and explore further AWS features for optimal cloud infrastructure.

Congratulations on completing the lab and gaining an understanding of AWS Elastic Load Balancing Listeners! Good job!